Table 2.
Cytokine response to different HCV peptides in studied groups (Kruskall Wallis)
| Group | Cytokine |
Median cytokine (pg/ml) |
p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
HCV PEPTIDES | ||||||
| CORE | NS3 | NS4 | NS5 | |||
| Positive PI HCW |
IL2 |
16.855 |
36.18 |
17.405 |
20.18 |
0.209 |
| IFN-γ |
2.16 |
11.4 |
3.31 |
2.0 |
0.662 |
|
| TNFα |
60.2 |
66.4 |
75.8 |
117 |
0.012* |
|
| Negative PI HCW |
IL2 |
1.6 |
6.8 |
3.7 |
3.33 |
0.196 |
| IFN-γ |
.83 |
1.36 |
0 |
0.83 |
0.588 |
|
| TNFα |
14.8 |
157.4 |
30.4 |
79.5 |
0.168 |
|
| Chronic HCV HCW | IL2 |
10.9 |
16.1 |
8.7 |
28.33 |
0.807 |
| IFN-γ |
.065 |
0.35 |
0.28 |
0.175 |
0.583 |
|
| TNFα | 16.2 | 18.0 | 25. 8 | 20.3 | 0.989 | |
p * ≤ 0.05 significant.